Les apports de la robotique collaborative en santé Guillaume Morel Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique Université Pierre et Marie Curie, CNRS UMR 7222 INSERM U1150 Assistance aux Gestes et Applications Thérapeutiques Carnot Interfaces
Typology Autonomous robots The programmer gives high level instructions The robot translates into simple tasks Condition: the task can be described easily for a robot Autonomous robots are today limited to close environments and simple / repetitive tasks Collaborative robots Robotized tools A user is in the loop in realtime and controls the robot movements Control sharing Telemanipulation (the user is at a distance) vs comanipulation (user + robot co-localized). 2/16
Surgeon Patient Two types of collaborative robots Imaging device Telemanipulation Screen SLAVE ARM MASTER ARM Parallel comanipulation Serial comanipulation Orthotic comanipulation Comanipulation 3/16
Comanipulators A comanipulator is a smart active tool aimed at: Improving the user s performance: higher precision, faster task execution, safer task execution. Reducing the user s tiredness (short term) and fatigue (long term, e.g. musculoskeletal disorders). Reducing the learning curve for skill acquisition. Ultimately, it shall allow the realization of a task that is not feasible for the user otherwise (nor manually nor with standard passive instruments) 4/16
Applications for health Assistance to surgery / interventional gestures: Manual instruments integrating a robotized (or even simply motorized) functions Robots guiding a passive instrument held by the surgeon Assistance to patients with motor deficiency: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (robots that help motor learning) Permanent assistance to movements (e.g. robotized walking aids, exoskeletons, etc.) Robotized limbs (robotic prosthetics). 5/16
Challenges Robustness in control sharing : how to design the sensorimotor coupling so as to ease a gesture? Constraints : No ambiguous nor wrong behavior Strategies: understanding / anticipating human motor intentions and acting accordingly Applying force fields that change the tool/interaction dynamics so as to ease its manipulation Intuitiveness : how to ensure that the user does not ultimately, the user shall not notice it is a smart tool. It is just a tool that behaves without any Transparency when not used. 6/16
Example 1: guidance from a plan Credits: MakoSurgical 7/16
Example 2: Increasing Precision (1) Vibrations 10 µm 3 min - 45min Rotation Credits: Emmanuel Van Der Poorten, KU Leuven 8/16
Example 3: Increasing precision (2) Anchoring and actuation principles Generating mosaics with visual servoing 9/16
Example 4: enhancing dexterity 10/16
Example 5: rehabilitation robotics Credits: N. Hogan H. Krebs, MIT 11/16
Example 6: exoskeletons for rehab 12/16
Example 7: Leg exoskeletons for patients without leg motor power Credits: Re-Walk Wandercraft 13/16
Example 8: smart walkers 14/16
Example 9: Prostheses with intuitive coupling / control 15/16
A short summary & conclusion Collaborative robotics is a relatively new approach, offering promises: Useful functions Easy adoption Safety improvement Cost reduction (as compared to e.g. telemanipulation) A wide range of technological and scientific questions, most of them pertaining to interactivity and robustness. Multidisciplinarity and translational research are a must. 16/16